# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-bourtzes
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:17:10.020Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-bourtzes"
name: "Michael Bourtzes"
slug: "michael-bourtzes"
description: "Michael Bourtzes was a leading Byzantine general of the latter 10th century. He became notable for his capture of Antioch from the Arabs in 969, but fell into disgrace by the Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas. Resentful at the slight, Bourtzes joined forces with the conspirators who assassinated Phokas a few weeks later. Bourtzes re-appears in a prominent role in the civil war between Emperor Basil II and the rebel Bardas Skleros, switching his allegiance from the emperor to the rebel and back again. Nevertheless, he was re-appointed as doux of Antioch by Basil II, a post he held until 995, when he was relieved because of his failures in the war against the Fatimids."
tagline: "Byzantine general"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fall_of_Antioch_in_969.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "930"
deathDate: "995"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.41
  momentum:             10.68493150684931
  historical:           10.94600533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BB_%D0%92%D1%83%D1%80%D1%86%D0%B0"
    title: "Михаїл Вурца"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%92%D1%83%D1%80%D1%86"
    title: "Михаил Вурц"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A"
    title: "ميخائيل البرجي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miquel_Burtzes"
    title: "Miquel Burtzes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B9%CF%87%CE%B1%CE%AE%CE%BB_%CE%92%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%81%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%B7%CF%82"
    title: "Μιχαήλ Βούρτζης"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bourtzes"
    title: "Michael Bourtzes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Burtzes"
    title: "Miguel Burtzes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikael_Bourtzes"
    title: "Mikael Bourtzes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Bourtz%C3%A8s"
    title: "Michel Bourtzès"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Burtzes"
    title: "Miguel Burtzes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%92%D1%83%D1%80%D1%86%D0%B0"
    title: "Михаил Вурца"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihailo_Burces"
    title: "Mihailo Burces"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihail_Burces"
    title: "Mihail Burces"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1262017"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump